# MIDLANDS PARKS FORUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186863
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 10, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1186863


## Contact

- **Address:** 186 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B14 6DE
- **Phone:** 07384 312840
- **Email:** info@midlandsparksforum.co.uk
- **Website:** www.midlandsparksforum.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROVIDE AND ENHANCE, AND / OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND ENHANCEMENT OF, THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY) AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLAND, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE RESERVES AND RECREATIONAL SPACES;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) WITH REGARDS TO THE HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, HERITAGE AND LOCAL HISTORY; AND3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF PARKS AND GREEN OPEN SPACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE, THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE AN UMBRELLA GROUP FOR OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS.IN THESE OBJECTS, THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS WITHIN THE EAST AND WEST MIDLANDS.

**Activities:** Midlands Parks Forum operates as an umbrella organisation in the East and West Midlands, to help improve green spaces.  We help to raise standards and share good practice through conferences, workshops and educational forums, to share and learn with green space practitioners from local authorities; agencies such as Natural  England and LANTRA; charities, and corporate partners.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £36813 | £42751 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £64844 | £34570 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £34385 | £36096 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £66570 | £43250 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2020 | £71526 | £30849 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Liz Stuffins MSc  CMLI** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 28, 2019
- Angela Lewis — appointed Nov. 28, 2019
- Felicity Claire Hogg BSc — appointed Dec. 20, 2022
- Ishrat Karimi Fini M.A. — appointed Nov. 28, 2019
- JAMES DYMOND — appointed Nov. 28, 2019
- James Cairncross — appointed Oct. 28, 2022
- Richard Hunt — appointed June 30, 2021
- Samantha Rae Village BA Msc — appointed Nov. 28, 2019